In 2012, the Knowel team identified that most homes in Kenya, especially in rural areas, used highly dangerous kerosene lamps for lighting. The project formed the hypothesis that solar powered lamps was a better option, and that entrepreneurs on the ground in Kenya were better equipped than the Knowel team to implement a sustainable […]

The aim of the Knowel – Intize collaboration was to create a sustainable platform for Intize mentors to share among themselves the experiences they’ve had tutoring high school students, in order to shorten the learning period for new mentors and systematically document the mentors’ experiences. After interviews throughout Intize’s organisation and mentors, the project resulted […]

The Knowel project 2013 in Tanzania, “Sustainable business development for micro-entrepreneurs”, took place in Dar es Salaam between the 19th and 28th of August. After nearly one year of research, preparations, fundraising and uncountable hardships, we finally embarked on our journey to Tanzania. This is our story of how 19 inexperienced students from Chalmers School […]

We are now back home after executing the project in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. For one and a half week we worked in seven teams to help develop the businesses of seven micro-entrepreneurs. The teams consisted of two Tanzanian and two Swedish students. It was a great learning experience for all parties involved. We are working on […]

Let us introduce Knowel’s new prosperous collaboration partner; Insert Africa. Like Knowel, Insert Africa is a social entrepreneurship organization founded by students at Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship. In 2012, Insert Africa held a sustainable business development workshop series for students from University of Dar El Salaam in Tanzania, the same school Knowel will collaborate with […]